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led nato coalition in afghanistan handed over control of the capital of helmand province to the afghan army is one of the first places in the country to go through this transition process to get out of the country by two thousand and fourteen that obama has pledged but is this transition it really as smooth as we're made to believe as the u.s. left the afghan army prepared or doesn't leave behind forces too weak for the job that they've been given these are the concerns about the new guard but jason lot like discover the reality from a better perspective within the ranks of kabul. there's confusion on the faces of the afghan army soldiers as a firefight unfolds on the other side of the wall lucky for them this is the kabul military training center in the bullets being fired blanks the men here halfway through a ten week program and the officers don't cut them any slack when it's over the be deployed in eastern congo or province one of afghanistan's most violent corners mark but we must push them hard so they can perform under pressure day by day we're making progress the afghan nationa
led nato coalition in afghanistan handed over control of the capital of helmand province to the afghan army is one of the first places in the country to go through this transition process to get out of the country by two thousand and fourteen that obama has pledged but is this transition it really as smooth as we're made to believe as the u.s. left the afghan army prepared or doesn't leave behind forces too weak for the job that they've been given these are the concerns about the new guard but...
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and look at the other interviews today we had one with jake bill adair toe on what is the future in afghanistan you don't want to have a great night. rachel martin here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. we'll. bring you the latest in science and signal from the realm of. the future covered. a little. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations or the day. you can see. the logo well the crosstalk i care about to get deadlock as the deadline for the u.s. to increase its debt ceiling looms would appear to be more about politics and upcoming elections than fixing a crippling problem as the us courts financial disasters do americans have an appetite for asperity plan. to keep the slim. to cross-talk the debt and pass i'm joined by my guests in new york now ken which he is editor and publisher of left business observer and howard gold he is a columnist for market watch and founder of the political blog the independent agenda all right gentlemen this is cross talk to me
and look at the other interviews today we had one with jake bill adair toe on what is the future in afghanistan you don't want to have a great night. rachel martin here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. we'll. bring you the latest in science and signal from the realm of. the future covered. a little. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations or the day. you can...
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established in two thousand and two by the bush administration to hold the trainees from the war in afghanistan and later also iraq and since that time reports of abuse and torture of prisoners has been widespread the international red cross has said that they're concerned about waterboarding sleep deprivation beatings indefinite detention i put the syllabi and many detainees even been held that facility for years without any legal representation sound have been just declared under triable because they've been tortured and so therefore they will never see a day in court they could simply be detained indefinitely in the bush and now obama administration's refused to discuss those reports of abuse because of national security issues and fact that we don't even know how many people are. all i reports will tell you about one hundred seventy detainees are currently out of the syllabi but of course the pentagon won't confirm that number and we've also spoken about the eight detainees who have died while being held at guantanamo bay depending on claims they were suicides but a lot of critics disagree
established in two thousand and two by the bush administration to hold the trainees from the war in afghanistan and later also iraq and since that time reports of abuse and torture of prisoners has been widespread the international red cross has said that they're concerned about waterboarding sleep deprivation beatings indefinite detention i put the syllabi and many detainees even been held that facility for years without any legal representation sound have been just declared under triable...
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said for the country and the other large short term sort of driver of our deficit are the bush war in afghanistan and iraq and to his discredit obama is not moving in the right direction on those either unfortunately he's moved slightly out of the somewhat much quicker to draw down but i know what's not responsible for the deficit or social security medicaid are you know power grand things that are you know right wingers are taking big aim at unfortunately obama seems to be leaning in their direction in some ways it's it's confounding frankly we have a graphic here that lays. i believe we have yeah here it is ok this graphic shows the the yellow at the top is the amount of the debt that is contributed by the bush tax cuts and the red below that is the amount of the deficit that is contributed or rather this contributed by the wars in the blue below that tarp tarp fannie mae recovery and the large who actually is the economic downturn but the fact of the matter is that if we did away with the wars we could end the wars and if we did away with the bush tax cuts we'd have pretty much a balanced budg
said for the country and the other large short term sort of driver of our deficit are the bush war in afghanistan and iraq and to his discredit obama is not moving in the right direction on those either unfortunately he's moved slightly out of the somewhat much quicker to draw down but i know what's not responsible for the deficit or social security medicaid are you know power grand things that are you know right wingers are taking big aim at unfortunately obama seems to be leaning in their...